The sheer size of the whales

Split ends? Brittle sun-damaged tips? Do you have that problem? 🤣 I don’t. Hehehe But I can help solve your problem if you do! For those of you who have the good fortune to feel beautiful raw fleeces in your hands, sometimes the fleece just needs a bit of extra preparation before it is spun. If the fleece has matted, brittle or fragile tips, I need to remove that tender part of the staple. There are many ways to do this, but I have my preferred way. It’s simply a snip. With the weak part of the fibre removed, my yarn will be smooth and strong, to use in some of my blankets.  Losing a little of the staple length is ok, because I’m carding a rolag to spin a yarn using the long-draw technique. I’m going to show you how I do that in an upcoming post. You can save this pro-tip. To see more spinning and weaving tips; and the next steps in preparing fleece to spin; follow me!   #handweaving #woolfleece #madebyhand #rawwool #handspinning

I use very simple tools to weave my beautiful handwoven blankets.  My rigid heddle loom is just a rectangle. My shuttle is really just a flat stick with a notch at each end; and my heddle is just a single reed. I also use another flat stick to help with the shed. I also have a very simple hook to thread and sley the reed.  Colour is my ‘thing’, so I don’t require a lot of heddles or fancy pedals to create intricate patterns. For more insights into my weaving studio, the stories behind my blankets and how each blanket evolves; love you to come along and follow me.   #handmade #artisanmade #weaving #loom #handwovenluxury

Have a problem being in two places at the same time? It’s a tough one without a teleporting wand; but I can help you warp your rigid heddle loom without needing to be in two places at the same time! It seems that dumb bells are actually quite a clever solution. 🤣 Here, necessity was the mother of invention; and I’m sure I’m not the first person to have used this solution; but it was what came to mind and was at hand! Hehe. For more pro-tips on weaving, my handwoven blankets; and a bit of fun; you can save this tip for future reference and follow me. #madebyhand #handweaving #protips #handwovenluxury #artisanmade

It’s warping day. On a previous reel I explained what a warp was, and today I needed to tension warp threads to wind the warp onto the back beam.   I can’t be at both ends at the same time, so being a rather practical and creative person, I came up with a plan! Perfect solution! Doesn’t save me going to the gym though! hehe Here I’m using my fabulous Ashford Rigid Heddle 48” / 120cm loom. You can save this for future reference; and to see more pro-tips on my handwoven blankets, and have a bit of fun on the way; come along and follow me. #handweaving #madebyhand #warping #studiovibes #protip

I just stared. I haven’t used my spinning wheel for a while, and I found myself being overwhelmed with not knowing what to do. I haven’t had much time on the pedals of my beautiful relatively new Matchless @schacht_spindle_company spinning wheel, so I was a bit unsure about my setup for spinning a woollen yarn. I thought about returning my wheel to its spot in my room; but decided to crack on and have a go. I wasn’t going to dodge this challenge! As soon as I placed my @louet_australia carders in my hands. I immediately and intuitively started to card the staples of wool into beautiful airy rolags, ready to start spinning beautiful woollen yarn. I really love to spin long-draw style, which I’ll show in a future post. If you’ve enjoyed this post, and want to find out how I spin yarn and weave blankets; you can follow me. @skeinydipping #handweaving #spinningyarn #artisanmade #madebyhand #uniquegift

It’s been a year since I’ve spun my own yarn? What should I do? To find out what I did; and see how I weave my heirloom handwoven blankets, I’d love you to follow me and share with a friend. #handspinning #weavingart #handmade #artisanmade #uniquegiftideas

What to do when things break in one’s studio.  STEP 1. Have a rummage for possible solutions; and never brush any ideas aside! Hehehe  They may end up being the perfect solution. In my studio, my yarn swift broke, and I needed to fix it so that I could continue to wind the yarn skeins into balls. I DID find the solution, and I could keep on with the progress of weaving my handwoven blankets. All my content is from my day to day living creatively; and is created ALL from my own head!  If you had a giggle at my solution to my equipment malfunction - and this post, I would love you to perhaps save it for a future laugh; follow me, and forward this to a friend. #studiovibes #artisanmade #madebyhand #handweaving #giggle

I use a hook to warp my loom. What is the warp?. you may think! Enjoyed my reel? Love you to follow and share with a friend. 🙂 More info on my hook and warp below.. The warp of a weaving loom is the structure and foundation of a woven fabric. The warp consists of the longitudinal threads, and you can see in my reel the warp threads easily, because they are the long ones which don’t have any crossways threads, or weft threads yet. I’ve woven with women all around the world on our remote travels, with examples here from Bhutan, Laos, Morocco and Tibet; and many of these looms are simple ones like mine. Some of the warping methods are different, but the function of the warp for all looms - is universal. I use a reed or sley/sleying hook in warping my loom. This hook helps me draw the thread through the reed slots so I can walk the desired length of yarn around the peg at the end of the table; and return; to use the hook to draw the yarn through the next reed slot. Not sure whether anyone else other than myself reads captions; lol; but because I do, I will always add extra information here that I don’t include in my reel. All these words are from my own head! This is only one step in the warping of a loom, so if you’ve enjoyed this reel and want to see what the next step is, love for you to follow and share in your feed or forward to a friend. #artisanmade #madebyhand #handweaving #uniquegiftidea #fibreartist

It’s officially winter so I can wear warmies. I’ve just finished this beautiful knit, (yes a knitter as well as an hand weaver :)) the Leif cowl by Dianna Walla. @papertigerknits I started it last year. It has taken me some time to finish!  I adore the pattern and have knitted about a dozen of them. It makes the perfect gift!  I love the colour changes in the yarn which is Dyed in the Wool, by @spincycle_yarns from shoutout to @skeinsisters Can you see where I made a rather silly mistake? I don’t mind at all if you let me know! 🤣 I only realised when I bound off… but there was no need for me to frog/rip back or even worry. I had a big laugh to myself though. All I need now is some cold weather! If you’ve enjoyed this post, love you to follow me and send to a friend! 🙂 #handknitting #handknitted #knittinginspiration #madebyhand #havingfun

Split ends? Brittle sun-damaged tips? Do you have that problem? 🤣 I don’t. Hehehe But I can help solve your problem if you do! For those of you who have the good fortune to feel beautiful raw fleeces in your hands, sometimes the fleece just needs a bit of extra preparation before it is spun. If the fleece has matted, brittle or fragile tips, I need to remove that tender part of the staple. There are many ways to do this, but I have my preferred way. It’s simply a snip. With the weak part of the fibre removed, my yarn will be smooth and strong, to use in some of my blankets.  Losing a little of the staple length is ok, because I’m carding a rolag to spin a yarn using the long-draw technique. I’m going to show you how I do that in an upcoming post. You can save this pro-tip. To see more spinning and weaving tips; and the next steps in preparing fleece to spin; follow me!   #handweaving #woolfleece #madebyhand #rawwool #handspinning

I use very simple tools to weave my beautiful handwoven blankets.  My rigid heddle loom is just a rectangle. My shuttle is really just a flat stick with a notch at each end; and my heddle is just a single reed. I also use another flat stick to help with the shed. I also have a very simple hook to thread and sley the reed.  Colour is my ‘thing’, so I don’t require a lot of heddles or fancy pedals to create intricate patterns. For more insights into my weaving studio, the stories behind my blankets and how each blanket evolves; love you to come along and follow me.   #handmade #artisanmade #weaving #loom #handwovenluxury

Have a problem being in two places at the same time? It’s a tough one without a teleporting wand; but I can help you warp your rigid heddle loom without needing to be in two places at the same time! It seems that dumb bells are actually quite a clever solution. 🤣 Here, necessity was the mother of invention; and I’m sure I’m not the first person to have used this solution; but it was what came to mind and was at hand! Hehe. For more pro-tips on weaving, my handwoven blankets; and a bit of fun; you can save this tip for future reference and follow me. #madebyhand #handweaving #protips #handwovenluxury #artisanmade

It’s warping day. On a previous reel I explained what a warp was, and today I needed to tension warp threads to wind the warp onto the back beam.   I can’t be at both ends at the same time, so being a rather practical and creative person, I came up with a plan! Perfect solution! Doesn’t save me going to the gym though! hehe Here I’m using my fabulous Ashford Rigid Heddle 48” / 120cm loom. You can save this for future reference; and to see more pro-tips on my handwoven blankets, and have a bit of fun on the way; come along and follow me. #handweaving #madebyhand #warping #studiovibes #protip

I just stared. I haven’t used my spinning wheel for a while, and I found myself being overwhelmed with not knowing what to do. I haven’t had much time on the pedals of my beautiful relatively new Matchless @schacht_spindle_company spinning wheel, so I was a bit unsure about my setup for spinning a woollen yarn. I thought about returning my wheel to its spot in my room; but decided to crack on and have a go. I wasn’t going to dodge this challenge! As soon as I placed my @louet_australia carders in my hands. I immediately and intuitively started to card the staples of wool into beautiful airy rolags, ready to start spinning beautiful woollen yarn. I really love to spin long-draw style, which I’ll show in a future post. If you’ve enjoyed this post, and want to find out how I spin yarn and weave blankets; you can follow me. @skeinydipping #handweaving #spinningyarn #artisanmade #madebyhand #uniquegift

It’s been a year since I’ve spun my own yarn? What should I do? To find out what I did; and see how I weave my heirloom handwoven blankets, I’d love you to follow me and share with a friend. #handspinning #weavingart #handmade #artisanmade #uniquegiftideas

What to do when things break in one’s studio.  STEP 1. Have a rummage for possible solutions; and never brush any ideas aside! Hehehe  They may end up being the perfect solution. In my studio, my yarn swift broke, and I needed to fix it so that I could continue to wind the yarn skeins into balls. I DID find the solution, and I could keep on with the progress of weaving my handwoven blankets. All my content is from my day to day living creatively; and is created ALL from my own head!  If you had a giggle at my solution to my equipment malfunction - and this post, I would love you to perhaps save it for a future laugh; follow me, and forward this to a friend. #studiovibes #artisanmade #madebyhand #handweaving #giggle

I use a hook to warp my loom. What is the warp?. you may think! Enjoyed my reel? Love you to follow and share with a friend. 🙂 More info on my hook and warp below.. The warp of a weaving loom is the structure and foundation of a woven fabric. The warp consists of the longitudinal threads, and you can see in my reel the warp threads easily, because they are the long ones which don’t have any crossways threads, or weft threads yet. I’ve woven with women all around the world on our remote travels, with examples here from Bhutan, Laos, Morocco and Tibet; and many of these looms are simple ones like mine. Some of the warping methods are different, but the function of the warp for all looms - is universal. I use a reed or sley/sleying hook in warping my loom. This hook helps me draw the thread through the reed slots so I can walk the desired length of yarn around the peg at the end of the table; and return; to use the hook to draw the yarn through the next reed slot. Not sure whether anyone else other than myself reads captions; lol; but because I do, I will always add extra information here that I don’t include in my reel. All these words are from my own head! This is only one step in the warping of a loom, so if you’ve enjoyed this reel and want to see what the next step is, love for you to follow and share in your feed or forward to a friend. #artisanmade #madebyhand #handweaving #uniquegiftidea #fibreartist

It’s officially winter so I can wear warmies. I’ve just finished this beautiful knit, (yes a knitter as well as an hand weaver :)) the Leif cowl by Dianna Walla. @papertigerknits I started it last year. It has taken me some time to finish!  I adore the pattern and have knitted about a dozen of them. It makes the perfect gift!  I love the colour changes in the yarn which is Dyed in the Wool, by @spincycle_yarns from shoutout to @skeinsisters Can you see where I made a rather silly mistake? I don’t mind at all if you let me know! 🤣 I only realised when I bound off… but there was no need for me to frog/rip back or even worry. I had a big laugh to myself though. All I need now is some cold weather! If you’ve enjoyed this post, love you to follow me and send to a friend! 🙂 #handknitting #handknitted #knittinginspiration #madebyhand #havingfun